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Street Smart Economics

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Street Smart Economics is a periodic series written for Street Roots by professors emeriti in economics. 

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Oregon State Capitol

Opinion | Oregon lawmakers can ease economic inequality

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | The pandemic widened the gap between rich and poor, but the Legislature could provide remedies
By
Mary King
December 23, 2020
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Senior with hands folded

Opinion | Fewer deaths from COVID-19 among unionized nursing homes

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | By protecting themselves, workers can better protect the people they serve
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
November 11, 2020
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Fist raised. Writing on wrist says: I can't breathe.

Opinion | Keeping people in their place: The economics of racial violence

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Shifts in policy appear more possible now than they have in decades
By
Mary King
September 30, 2020
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Federal law enforcement create a barrier with Portland Police Bureau on July 21 in downtown Portland amid protests over police brutality.

Opinion | We must challenge militarism in efforts to defund police

U.S. defense spending and the resulting militarization of our nation’s police forces dwarf investments in actual needs, such as housing and social services
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
August 6, 2020
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A map of Portland that shows temperates and historical redlining

Opinion | No coincidence that redlined areas are now heat islands

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Efforts to confront racism should extend to the fight for climate justice
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
June 30, 2020
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Sign in window reads: Sorry, we're closed.

Economic devastation from COVID-19 did not have to be this bad

COMMENTARY | The feds should pay people to stay home while investing in a long-term recovery plan
By
Mary King
May 27, 2020
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Concept of the risk of collapse of the capitalism system with the global epidemic of COVID-19

Back to normal is not good enough; we need a new economy

COMMENTARY | The failings of our current system are only accentuated by the coronavirus crisis
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
April 21, 2020
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The eye of Benjamin Franklin on a hundred dollar bill

Business interests fighting Metro tax for homeless services are short on the facts

COMMENTARY | Their real goal may be to stop us from making them pay their fair share
By
Mary King
March 21, 2020
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Military tanks and aircraft

U.S. military depends on fuel – and has the carbon footprint to prove it

COMMENTARY | As the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, America’s military must be reined in
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
February 14, 2020
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Preschool classroom activities

Opinion | The real impact of universal preschool and a tax on the 5%

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Pre-K education should be the right of all of our children
By
Mary King
January 24, 2020

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